Geothermal

Canada’s First Geothermal Production and Injection Well Test Exceeds Expectations

Monday, 14 September 2020 Dan McCue Canada’s DEEP Earth Energy Production has announced that the spring/summer flow testing program indicates the temperature and flow rates from the geothermal reservoir in the Deadwood Formation are sufficient ...

Schlumberger New Energy and Thermal Energy Partners Create Geothermal Project Development Company

Friday, 28 August 2020 Dan McCue Schlumberger New Energy, a new Schlumberger business, and Thermal Energy Partners have entered into an agreement to create STEP Energy, a geothermal project development company. STEP Energy will leverage ...

New Geothermal Power Plants Proliferating Globally

Tuesday, 11 August 2020 The need to tackle climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions has pushed countries to find different ways to utilize renewable energy. Setting up geothermal power plants is one of the environmentally-friendly ...

Berkeley Lab Scientists to Help Advance Geothermal Energy Thanks to California Energy Commission Grants

Wednesday, 05 August 2020 REM Deep beneath the surface of the Salton Sea, a shallow lake in California’s Imperial County, sits an immense reserve of critical metals that, if unlocked, could power the state’s green economy for ...

Geothermal Projects Get Boost from California Energy Commission

Thursday, 14 May 2020 REM The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded nearly $10 million in grants for three geothermal-related projects that will help California meet its 100% clean electricity goal and expand the state’s ...

AfDB Welcomes $10 Million Clean Technology Fund Investment to Diversify Ethiopia’s Energy Mix

Friday, 08 May 2020 REM The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund, one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to extend a $10 million concessional ...

Research Helps Transform Coal Mine into Geothermal Heat Source

Thursday, 30 April 2020 REM

Research carried out at Durham University in Durham, England, is being used to transform coal mines into multi-million pound renewable energy systems.

Geothermal Industry Calls for Internal Market for Heat

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 REM EGEC, the voice of the European geothermal industry, has called on the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen to create a European internal market for heat in an open letter published EGEC’s ...

E.ON to Build Deep Heat Power Plants in Sweden

Thursday, 05 March 2020 REM E.ON, headquartered in Germany, has announced plans to build a geothermal deep-heat power plant in Malmö, Sweden. The boreholes will be drilled five to seven kilometers deep into the ground. The expected ...

Glendale Water & Power Agrees to Purchase Geothermal Energy

Monday, 02 March 2020 REM The Glendale City Council recently adopted a resolution to enter into a set of long-term Power Sales Agreements with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to purchase geothermal energy. ...